Matt's POV;
Having dropped Suzie off at my Dad's place with Jeff; I headed the car towards my house. My thoughts on Suzie and all that she was going through right now. There was the rape that she was dealing with surprisingly well; there was the death of Shaun that, once again, she was dealing with surprisingly well and there was the relentlessness of the media; no matter where she turned; her life was on public display. Local news stations were running the story, the local newspaper had done a story this morning on their front page, the internet sites were full of presumptions, her myspace page had been inundated with friend requests and comments until she had, had to turn her profile to private. The Hardy Show board was also abuzz with questions about the situation.
Glancing across at Britt as she stared out the passenger window at the blur of scenery as I sped back to my place. I knew that she was worried about her sister; no one could blame her considering all that was happening. And here Jeff and I were; heading back out on the road when all we really wanted to do was stay home and make sure our girls were ok.
"You ok princess?" I asked placing my hand to her leg.
"I'm just worried about Suzie!"
"I know baby; we all are...but she's a strong girl, she'll get through this,"
"I hope you're right handsome! I mean you saw the way she was dressed right? That's not my sister," Britt pondered while she lit a cigarette and rolled her window down, allowing a blast of cool air to push its way inside the car.
"I know but the best I can figure is that she just doesn't want to have herself on display right now,"
Britt was right; Suzie didn't dress like a whore but her cloths were always tight fitting, showing off her frame, so to see her in a baggy t-shirt and even baggier sweats had taken me by surprise; hell I hadn't even known that Suzie owned sweats.
"I guess you're right; I just wish that I could take some of this weight from her..."
"I know you do but in all honesty Suzie wouldn't want that; she loves and appreciates you but if she needs help dealing then she'll let you know, the best you can do is just make sure she knows that if the time comes; you will have an ear and a shoulder for her,"
"You know you're way too insightful for your own good,"
"So I've been told," I chuckled turning the car on to the dirt track that led up to my house; to our house.
I had truly never thought that I'd be so willing to share my home with another woman but Britt had easily worked her way in to my heart and there was nothing that I could do to change it. I had fought with myself not to feel this way, I had tried denying that I felt so strongly but none of it had worked. And now that I had excepted it; I was happy and content.
"Oh and modest too," She giggled sweetly.
"I do what I can," I admitted as our home came in to view.
Now that I was happy and content with where things were I was intent on making sure that she never regretted her decision to move in with me. Our relationship could only strengthen because of this and I was ready to welcome it. It had been too long between long term commitments but damn it; Amy had hurt me bad, she had trampled all over my feelings and to make the blow harder to deal with; she had cheated on me with one of my close friends.
That had been a bitter pill to swallow but thankfully with the help of my friends and my Family, to whom I had racked an unpayable debt, I had come out the other side of that hell. Without them I truly had no idea where I would be and every day I thanked God for their presence in my life.
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FanfictionDISCLAIMER.... This is a old story that I wrote, over 10 years ago, I have been having a clean out and I thought that this might be a fic that some people might want to read. I do not, in anyway, lay claim to any of these characters in this story...